yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
I appreciate your response, thank you.

As things are, should I reject the delivery then it would be sent back to them at no cost to me by the courier, and I could quite rightly file a claim for non-receipt with paypal and get all of my money back, even shipping costs. The proof would then be on the seller to show I have received the item or have a refund processed in full by paypal.

If I instead decided to accept the delivery, I would then be liable for the return postage at a later date, and I suspect that any refund from them would be minus the shipping costs sending to me in the first place.

Bit of a risk to lose nearly $100 if I find it's not what I want.

When I make these kind of larger purchases I usually don't mind paying a little extra for the best model out there, so I don't later regret not buying a better model. In this case I'm really undecided if I would be better off rejecting and sticking with droid 2.3, but having a fully integrated system. And, should the 2.3 versions later have a cooked 4.0 rom available I'd be even more disappointed being stuck with a frankenstein unit!
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
Wow.

By some complete fluke they have sent me the "wrong" item, which is in fact the pure android 2.3 with a capacitive screen. :laugh:

How's that for a result :good:
[Android Head-Units] -krikke-:
How does that saying goes? You don't have to be handsome to get all the luck? (straight translated from what we say here in Belgium) :laugh:

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UPDATE: the dvd viewing protection mode is disabled now by accessing the manufacturer hidden settings menu. A simple OFF selection, solved it! :good:

There are a few things you can change settings: radio sensitivity, dvd lock mode/parking brake protection, car boot logo, heat fan control, etc...
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
Haha :) It's just about the only time an incorrect item has worked to my advantage.

I do have one final question if anyone can help.. I've read up to page 77 of this thread so far but cant find the info I'm looking for.

I'm going to install everything while in the house and wondering which are the correct cables to use.

I have a black GND cable, a red ACC cable, and a yellow B+ cable.

I just tried a 12v power adapter with black on negative, yellow and red on positive.

It blew the power transformer.

So, I guess the only alternative option is to swap the B+ yellow cable on to the negative GND?

Before I blow up the next one, could anyone advise me of what I might be doing wrong? Should the red ACC cable perhaps be paired with the negative GND instead? I'm confused as the red ACC cable has a fuse in it, the black GND and yellow B+ does not.

Thanks in advance to anyone who has already installed and knows what I might be misunderstanding about these labels and colours!
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Drop those cables right now mister ! :cowboy:

Seriously, you don't want to mess with your powercables at random just "to see what happens".

I don't have this unit, but the connection sheet is visable for all at

. Black is always negative, Red And Yellow CAN be swapped between ignition and battery power sometimes, but never with anything else that doesn't carry a 12V. Whatever you do, don't start messing with those 3 cables or you're into that "refund battle" you dreaded so much.

Anyhow, what kind of power adapater did you try to power the unit ? If that's your typicall 1A or 2A wall charger thingy, I'm quite sure the Unit will pull a lot more than such an adapter is capable of delivering.

[MENTION=367066]krikke[/MENTION] : Belgium ? Me too. :)
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
That's why the unit has an in-line fuse and an additional fuse on the back of it ;)

Figured it out anyway. was right the first time, just needed more powerful supply so used an old pc ATX 600w PSU and crossed together two of the motherboard cable pins to jump start it without a motherboard.

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OK, well first problem.. it wont connect to the play store, so I have no way of downloading apps.

Internet is fine in browsers.

I can see some referencing to this in the thread.

System version 2.13.11 MCU 2.10.9-1-10-1

Grrr!
[Android Head-Units] gerrylum:
Sure, I have a 2010 Prius with the standard stereo setup. I bought the AXXESS ASWC-1 Module and a Metra SWC wiring harness that matched my car. I did all the programming manually, programming each button into the ASWC-1 seperately. Just follow the manual programming instructions in the manual. Then, when it comes time to set the ASWC module for the radio type (Kenwood, JVC, etc), select the METRA OE option. It's the last one - #11.
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
This thing wont let me root it. I'm following the instructions exactly but powering up with the volume knob pushed down and the menu pushed down does nothing other than entering into a normal bootup.
[Android Head-Units] artash44:
Power always on.

I have tried depressing the left knob to turn unit off but it does not seem to do anything except change volume.
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
hold it down until the unit turns off.
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
Not rootable anymore?

Do you think it's possible that these are now unrootable?

I have android 2.3.7 as standard on this device.

mcu 2.10.6-1-10-1

system version 2.13.11

and I had a factory installed capacitive.

Nothing I do seems to bring up anything other than a standard boot. :confused: could they have locked out the bootloader? I really want to get rid of the crapware on the homescreen and don't want the god awful music player to start by itself.
[Android Head-Units] greekstile:
Try holding the screen as well as menu and power.

If you don't want the radio auto starting, hold back button until it shuts down. Then when it boots up next time, it won't auto launch.
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
Now play has stopped working again. connection error.

I'm already sick of the piece of junk. Pumpkin are conveniently on 2 days national holiday.

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that's just going to wear out the paint on the button. I can get nothing other than their cooked music app to run my audio. The ability to choose any other app is gone from the settings menu.

I just want normal android :(

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Okay, it appears that on my unit you need to hold down the menu and volume buttons to shut the unit off, and then hold them both down again to start it back up into the update screen. If holding down just the power/volume knob to turn the unit off, then power and menu, it wont boot up into update.

Odd.
[Android Head-Units] greekstile:
If you are getting Connection Error from the Play Store, its most likely because your time/date isn't set properly.
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
Thank you.

I just corrected the time and date but still getting the same error when connecting through my phone's wifi hotspot.

Have just tried again after resetting the device on the front, same error.

Tried through my home wifi, no problems at all.

Go back to my phone's connection, errors again.

It was was at least able to get a data connection before I rooted it.

In any case, whatever method of connection I use, it I leave the thing connected for more than a few mins with no data use, the only way I can get back online again is to reset the unit and connect all over again.

infuriating.
[Android Head-Units] mister7000:
Ok,

So first connecting the ASWC-1 to this radio only one wire is needed as per instruccions on the manual.

- For Metra OE: Connect the SWC Key1wire (Gray) to the Brown wire of the ASWC.

I guess key2 wire of the radio is not needed and should be taped.

Then we should manually program the ASWC-1 to a Metra OE radio. (Radio # 11)

Please correct me if im wrong.

Thanks.
[Android Head-Units] Pop45398:
You have to hold it for a few seconds... and mine wouldn't push in all the way till I took the knob off and stuffed some paper inside it so it doesn't go onto the shaft quite so far.
[Android Head-Units] gerrylum:
I think it depends on your car. My car used both the Key-1 and Key-2 wires, but did not use the RCA connectors at all.
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Apparantly, the Hifimax/I802/DME-A62 can be rooted with Framaroot 1.4. I still haven't got my machine so I can't confirm this, but IF it's true, it's quite valuable info for anyone interested in this device.
[Android Head-Units] mister7000:
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Im just concerned on the connections from the ASWC-1 to the radio. Not to the car.

What im saying is that according to the instructions from metra when conecting the aswc-1 to the radio using the metraOE configuration then only KEY1 (wire coming from the radio) should be used.

Are you using the stereo phono plug adapter into the aswc-1 to connect to the radio ?

It seems that you connected both KEY1 and KEY2 to that stereo phono plug that comes with ASWC-1
[Android Head-Units] gerrylum:
Hmmm... well, I am using the Metra OE setting with the stereo phone plug adapter plugged into both Key-1 and Key-2.
[Android Head-Units] G2k0:
FIX: ELM327 & connecting to adhoc networks

Ok so here is an update on this. Never got a response from Hal9k regarding the latest firmware (posted in this thread). Supposedly that release was supposed to see adhoc networks. Well it never worked for me... until now.

Procedure for adding Adhoc Support

Download the attached file and unzip (found this file in the forum // didnt create the file, just sharing/reposting it)

Using your file manager (I used ES File explorer) and navigate to your system/bin folder.

Rename your existing wpa_supplicant to wpa_supplicant.old (just in case you need to revert back to it). Note the file permissions!

Copy the wpa_supplicant you unziped into the above folder. Set the file permissions to what the original file had (see above step)

Reboot your device.

Setting up wifi settings for Torque using the ELM327 wifi OBDII

You should be now able to pickup your wifi OBDII device. The ELM327 comes up as CLKDevices

Go to your wifi settings and set a static IP. Use something like 192.168.0.122

Gateway should be 192.168.0.10

Netmask I set to 255.255.255.0

For DNS 1 - I set it to 192.168.0.10

Connect to your OBDII adhoc network

Verify your IP is showing up as the example above 192.168.0.122

Reboot your device.

Verify you are connected to the adhoc network

Open torque and enjoy!!!

Notes: Not sure if this is the best way to go about this meaning that if you are using the OBDII via wifi & rely on wifi for an internet connection. Might be a good alternative for any you that use 3G off the HU. Perhaps the BT obd2 is the better approach Jake (Jake Bullit) has covered in this thread. Anyway, just wanted to share my findings and my two cents. ;)
[Android Head-Units] bypo:
Yes it can be rooted!

I confirm this!

I own a Witson I802 which is the same unit you mention and I got root priviledges simply installing

Framaroot 1.4.1 with the included file manager.

There is no SuperSU icon on the unit however I checked root priviledges installing Root Checker app from Play store.

Bye! ;)
[Android Head-Units] Decapper:
Surely with the l802 units software is not much different from the one discussed here. Getting boot time down to 15sec
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
To those owning this type : I've seen it has several soundsetting/adjustments you don't normally encounter on China Headunits. Like for example the sensitivity of the Mic, the hi/lo impendancy range of the SWC learning system, but also a _speed dependable volume setting_. Now, on Canbus cars, that's not that hard to do : you loop back the speedoinfo to the the radio, and it will adjust the overal volume accordingly. On a non-canbus car, there are ways to do it, but I haven't seen a 3th party radio that really can do it.

Does anyone tested this feature on a non-Canbus car and if so, does it work ?

Also, does anyone who's done the root found "odd behaviour" or "broken stuff" afterwards ?
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
Good evening all,

While I'm not a dev, I have been searching around the net and way out of my depth, but I wonder if this would be of interest to those here more technically minded.

Having looked in build.prop of my unit I have found the build numbers, product model etc. imx53.smd appears as the model.

Now, searching online for the board I have found the following:

http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=IMX53_SW

Further searching on their forum shows that they only support up to 2.3.x on this device.

Wider searching has revealed that another company with some developmental build support for ICS on this "model":

http://www.linaro.org/downloads/1203

Clicking on the status of the IMX53 android then opens what I assume to be a table of completed and uncompleted sections.

Is this information of any use to people here? devs?

Forgive me if it's information that's already known to people, just thought it was worth documenting my search if no one else had found it yet, and may be able to do something with it!
[Android Head-Units] jkelly0o0:
4.0

Has it been confirmed the the units running 4.0 are actually a dual boot win CE/android? I've been debating on getting one of these for some time now and I just want to make sure I can root it and hopefully have decent boot times.
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Well, No. And Yes. :)

While there's no "there is absolutly no possible real ICS radio out there", it's clear that none of us has found a ICS which isn't dual OS.

I saw a roadmap for freescale CPU's a while ago for use in these Android radios, sadly for the life of it, I can't find it anymore (somewhere in the Innotrend docs ... but can't pinpoint in) and "real" ICS was only supported starting real dual core boards, which on that document were predicted Q4 2013/Q1 2014.

But as said, I can't find it anymore, so I can't vouch for it.
[Android Head-Units] G2k0:
Not sure how true that is. The 1st gen MK802 for example (aka PC on a stick) had the same processor and and came with ICS. Why they didnt roll it out with ICS is beyond me. Granted, its not the fastest thing out there but for minimal stuff it's ok.
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
I'm not implying it would be technically impossible. But the road map I remember indicated the manufacturer would only start supporting ICS starting with the dual core cpu board. There's a difference between what is technically possible, and what is commercially available. Sadly.

But you're right : this is pure from memory and I can be wrong. I've spend the last 15 minutes trying to find that darned roadmap again, but no such luck.
[Android Head-Units] -krikke-:
Yes, I am in region Mechelen, Leuven... you?
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Genk. "een paar steenworpen van elkaar". :)
[Android Head-Units] xandercom:
I wonder if it's something to do with the way the stock apps on the head unit interact with android. I have noticed when in those applications (such as radio, dvd player etc) they loose all normal android functioning, like the menu command, even though they do seem like actual apps installed.

I wonder if ICS means these apps wont work anymore, hence the dual OS situation for some head units, and the inability to add a second bluetooth module for the 2nd OS. To me they look like two physically installed boards inside that don't really interact with eachother. If the android board also had a bluetooth module how would CE know to take the bluetooth call, and vice versa..
[Android Head-Units] Orisai:
Hello everyone,

I've found this stereo with ICS, packed with a Cortex A10 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 5 USB OTG ports:

hxxp://android-caraudio.com/en/universal-2din-android-models/889-multimedia-unit-2din-universal-with-android-40.html

There's no mention of WinCE and/or separate processors for each in the features list, like those sold by Pumpkin on eBay.

I've asked the seller if it's pure Android 4 and if he can send me the manual in PDF. I'm waiting for his reply so I can share it with you.

EDIT: Seller replied my mail, and too bad it's a WinCE/ICS hybrid.
[Android Head-Units] gerrylum:
Just looking at the pictures of the unit, it looks like others that run Android 4.0 over a WinCE base. Can't be sure, but I'd be willing to bet that's what this one is running as well.
[Android Head-Units] Orisai:
After reading all 103 pages, I can say that, while good, these chinese Android car stereos need a lot of work in both hardware and software to be fully usable and up to today market's standards.

While way more functional and customizable than any car stereo from premium brands like Kenwood or Pioneer, we still lack a full, up to date Pure Android experience and security/functionality compatible with modern car electronics systems. Of course, in order to do that, some hardware and of course radical software development must be done first.

In the hardware side, we need:

- A way to keep the stereo on standby/sleep state, like a smartphone or tablet.

- Baseline capacitive screens.

- External MIC jack.

- Full USB OTG host ports (which will need ICS in the software side, and will allow the use of USB OBD2 scanners).

- Upgradeable RAM in SODIMM format (these stereos are marketed as car PCs, so lets give them some PC features)

- Variable color illumination (green, red, blue, orange, white)

In the software side:

- Full, upgradeable Android ICS experience (Google API), either stock or community-based.

- Full technical information and source code for the hardware used (CPU, mobo, radio, dvd)

- Camera input drivers for dashcam/reverse camera applications.

- Fully customizable hard button assignments.

- A SWC driver for any app that could use a remote control or joystick.

- A way to bypass the need for a lockscreen to use Exchange services.

I know, hardware changes like those I mentioned are asking too much, specially from chinese manufacturers, but I can speak for almost everyone on the software ones.
[Android Head-Units] mister7000:
For about $350 US dollars my OUKU does everything I need and then some. That is plays audio, video and GPS. (It even warnes me if there is police hiding ahead), And still runs Torque (thanks hal_9k for that). Not to mention a very cool screen that changes with the weather.

Anything more and it will distract me and possibly make me crash my car.

I didnt buy a tablet I bought a car radio.

I'M HAPPY :)
[Android Head-Units] snoopy0812:
mounting screw size

I've searched and I saw another fellow had the same question but no one answered him. I bought this unit however the screws in my factory unit are not the same size as the ones this unit requires for mounting, does anyone know the size of screw I need? I've gone through all my parts boxes and screw containers and can't find one that matches up.

Thank you.
[Android Head-Units] urgodfather:
Status update

Hey guys, just a status update... still working on cross-compiling a working build. The first batch of builds that I made were of no luck, each had problems that needed to be fixed. At the moment, I'm working on reverse engineering the system.img so that I can use it on my qsb. The goal is to identify the changes that need to be made to get the working candidate (when I can build one solid enough) ported back to the HU. At the moment, I can't test touch functionality. I have an Elo touchscreen, but it has a few bad capacitors and I haven't gotten around to repairing it.

Way ahead of ya buddy ;) Have you checked the build logs? Part of the reason why linaro isnt building for it anymore is b/c as they fixed one thing, 3 more would break... unfortunately. I am using linaro as source though, however, a prebuilt img wont work.

More notes..

One of the things that I've noticed is in these updates that Hal9k_ have made and even the official MCU update, none of them actually include a full kernel, instead, just the ramdisk.img portion of it. I think this may be part of the problem that I am running into. I have tried doing kernel dumps, but they seem incomplete when I look over them. Maybe that's just how they built it.

Life sure would be easier if someone could persuade Peter Chan to share some source, toolchains, makefiles.. anything that would throw us a bone to work with.

As for the hard work, research, experimentation, tweaks.... THANKS. More heads working on the same goal is definitely better than just one. :)
[Android Head-Units] Orisai:
A car stereo that's marketed as full, pure Android experience. To me, that means at least full access to Google's cloud services tightly integrated to the OS, much like in my smartphone.
[Android Head-Units] Decapper:
Development and hacking... Not winging and complaining.. Move along thx
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
if i am not wrong, there will be a new product coming out on august,

just watch for it ..
[Android Head-Units] snoopy0812:
^ Can I use this to root my unit? This is the one I bought; aliexpress2-Din-Car-Stereo-GPS-Sat-Navigation-Cpu-1GHZ-The-Fastest-Pure-Android-2-3-3G/612847_643643699

Reason I bought this one is because they said it would work with Torque right out of the box, low and behold, it doesn't. Torque tells me that I don't have a bluetooth module started.

Here's what my info screen says;

CPU Information

Freescale i.MX53

RAM information

512M DDR3 800

Android Version

2.3.7

MCU version

2.10.9-1-10-1

System version

2.13.11

DVD version

2.13.11-1200wb

I really only want Torque to work, I had to flash to basics in order to get the store to work but it seems to have some issues as well (Can't download Torque Pro and won't recognize that my apps that I purchased on my phone, GS3, are valid and I don't have to pay again).

If someone could steer me in the right direction to do this I'd be forever greatful, I'm not new to Android but never rooted one before.
[Android Head-Units] Decapper:
Root away...

Just get it of torrent if you have alrady paid for torque
[Android Head-Units] snoopy0812:
so just torrent the Torque Pro app and manually place it in my unit just like any other non-store app?

sorry for sounding spoon-fed but I've read just about every post on this thread now and I don't see any how-to guide, I've used search and I'm coming up with nothing. How do I get to the firmware screen on this unit to perform the update? On my S3 it's Power+VolUp for instance.
[Android Head-Units] snoopy0812:
nvm I found the instructions. Thanks.
[Android Head-Units] festor:
Has anyone had a chance to test/use the built in media player (piano icon) yet? Does it list and play everything in reverse for you?

I know there are plenty of better media apps available that play properly, but I cannot find one that starts automatically and resumes playback after a power cycle. I have tried everything I can think of, but I must be missing something. Even accounting for Chinese being written right to left I cannot understand why media would be listed bottom to top and played highest to lowest file number.

I suppose I could rename all my mp3 files, but I prefer to think I’m just being stupid and missed something obvious :silly:
[Android Head-Units] karliforever:
I bought PlayerPro and put a widget on the screen. After booting I press the widget and it starts from where it was.
[Android Head-Units] festor:
Thanks for the info :good: So does the built in player work backwards for you too?
[Android Head-Units] Nouniard:
:good: I'm glad this device was brought back up! I posted about it way back in the days of page 45, but it didn't get much attention.

Looking forward updates!
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
.... it's still very quiet on that subject, actually. Excluding the "we've got root" and "torque plays very much out of the box" and "is rootable using framaroot" there's nothing to report. Ah well, I'll see when I get mine, it's underway from China.
[Android Head-Units] Nouniard:
I'm waiting to pick up my car before I get one...I'll be patient. Was the digital manual ever uploaded or do you know where a copy can be found?